back when i was a young programmer, programmers learned that many people were too selfish to pay for "shareware"... fine, i guess. that's life... now, however, the selfishness has ramped up to a ridiculous level. now people want the app for free, and the source code too! if you are a person who wants source code that does this particular job, code it yourself. i'll be happy to advise you on how to code it. are we clear? *** keith said:
travis warned you
i think this is probably a translation hiccup concerning the verb "warn". travis has nothing he can "warn" me about... *** keith, good question about the purpose here. this is a converter-tool that demonstrates the ability of z.m.l. to spit out the formats people want today -- .pdf, .html, .epub, and .mobi -- in a manner customized to their preferences... it is not an authoring-tool (i already have one); neither is it a viewing-tool (already have many). editing and viewing capabilities are to ease the pain of any last-minute edits that are required. *** keep the feedback and suggestions coming! but understand that this is _not_ a bicycle-shed:
-bowerbird
now, however, the selfishness has ramped up to a ridiculous level. now people want the app for free, and the source code too!
I am simply suggesting to the other volunteers that they trade value for value. Feedback and testing are valuable commodities, which is why software shops are willing to pay for them. You, on the other hand, want to receive something (testing & feedback) and give nothing in return. Open source (code / testing for software) and commercial products (money for software) are both better trades than the one you seem to propose.
if you are a person who wants source code that does this particular job, code it yourself.
i'll be happy to advise you on how to code it.
Thanks, but no thanks. If you want a run for your money on the other hand... Excerpts from Bowerbird's message of Tue Feb 22 13:33:06 -0600 2011:
back when i was a young programmer, programmers learned that many people were too selfish to pay for "shareware"...
fine, i guess. that's life...
now, however, the selfishness has ramped up to a ridiculous level. now people want the app for free, and the source code too!
if you are a person who wants source code that does this particular job, code it yourself.
i'll be happy to advise you on how to code it.
are we clear?
***
keith said:
travis warned you
i think this is probably a translation hiccup concerning the verb "warn".
travis has nothing he can "warn" me about...
***
keith, good question about the purpose here.
this is a converter-tool that demonstrates the ability of z.m.l. to spit out the formats people want today -- .pdf, .html, .epub, and .mobi -- in a manner customized to their preferences...
it is not an authoring-tool (i already have one); neither is it a viewing-tool (already have many). editing and viewing capabilities are to ease the pain of any last-minute edits that are required.
***
keep the feedback and suggestions coming!
but understand that this is _not_ a bicycle-shed:
-bowerbird -- Michael McDermott www.mad-computer-scientist.com
Hi BB, Am 22.02.2011 um 20:33 schrieb Bowerbird@aol.com:
keith, good question about the purpose here.
this is a converter-tool that demonstrates the ability of z.m.l. to spit out the formats people want today -- .pdf, .html, .epub, and .mobi -- in a manner customized to their preferences...
it is not an authoring-tool (i already have one); neither is it a viewing-tool (already have many). editing and viewing capabilities are to ease the pain of any last-minute edits that are required.
***
Then, you have a design flaw in the logical sense. If it is purely a converter tool to produce an end product, then there should be no last minute editing to do! regards Keith
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